Tang Feng remained calm and landed at the gate of the academy. However, compared with before, although the gate of the academy was still as ancient and majestic as before, the sacred book was no longer there.
Dean Zhuge Wuming hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yesterday I heard that fellow Taoist Tang Feng would be coming. I'll be waiting out early in the morning to welcome you all to Tianru Academy."
Tang Feng waved his hand and said: "Dean, you're welcome, we are just unknown people, we don't need to greet you like this."
Zhuge Wuming smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist Tang Feng fought at Kunlun Daomen yesterday. Today, in all nine states in the world, no one knows the name of your chief immortal seedling."
"Yes, the fact that the Chief Immortal Miao can come to our Tianru Academy really brings glory to the academy!" The other two vice presidents also complimented.
Tang Feng didn't like such polite words, so he went straight to the point: "I'm sure you all understand when I come to your academy this time, so I won't beat around the bush. I had a relationship with your academy more than 20 years ago.
Promise, about that divine book..."
Before Tang Feng could finish speaking, Zhuge Wuming quickly waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist Tang Feng. Of course we remember the agreement between you and the academy, but that sacred book is not trivial after all. Although I am the head of the academy,
, but I am only responsible for the daily management of the academy, and the matter of the sacred book is beyond my ability."
"What does the dean mean?" Tang Feng raised his eyebrows.
"Fellow Taoist Tang Feng, don't worry. Everyone, please go in first. Let's sit down and have a cup of tea first. Later, a higher-level master from the academy will come forward." Zhuge Wuming waved his hand and made a word of invitation.
Tang Feng didn't say any more, nodded and stepped in. As for Gai Jiuyou, he didn't care much about the divine book. He was more concerned about his master, the Woodcutter Emperor.
Remember when I first came to Tianru Academy, the Woodcutter Emperor did not dislike his humble background and accepted him as a closed disciple? In the following days, he taught him everything he could.
So in Gai Jiuyou's heart, he is quite grateful and respectful to the Woodcutter Emperor? Now that he has not seen him for more than 20 years, he naturally misses him very much.
After entering the academy, Gai Jiuyou went directly to find his master, while Tang Feng and others, led by Zhuge Wuming, came to the reception room of the main hall in front.
"Fellow Taoist Tang Feng and a few distinguished guests are taking a break? I will go and ask the elder to come forward right now!" After Zhuge Wuming finished speaking, he turned around and walked out from the side.
Tang Feng naturally had no choice but to sit down and picked up the tea cup on the table.
In fact, not only in Tianru Academy, but in all Confucian academies in Kyushu? The authority of the dean is actually not very high, at best it is at the upper-middle level? And those who really control the entire academy are actually the eight respected masters.
Of course, above the respected masters, there are those ancestors at the level of great saints, but these ancestors basically ignore the affairs of the academy, and they will not show up easily to teach the disciples.
Half an hour passed in a flash? Those so-called respected masters and Taoist ancestors still didn’t show up? Kuanglong couldn’t sit still? He couldn’t help but ask: "What’s the matter with waiting for so long? Didn’t you say to ask the respected master to come out? Why?"
Will there be no one here yet?"
Xu Yao frowned and said: "Brother? I don't know why? I always feel that something is wrong in the Confucian Academy today."
Tang Feng suddenly waved his hand and said: "Don't say more yet? Someone is coming."
The person who came was not the respected master of the academy? It was Gai Jiuyou who returned gloomily.
"What's going on, Lao Jiu, you look like this? It seems like you haven't seen your master?" Tang Feng asked.
Gai Jiuyou sighed and said: "I didn't see it. My master is not in the backyard of the bamboo forest. I don't know if I ask other people? The master seems to have gone out."
Tang Feng couldn't help but laugh and said: "Perhaps the Woodcutter Emperor has reached the point of seclusion and broke through to the Dao Ancestor, or maybe he really went out for something."
Gai Jiuyou said: "I hope that's the case? But just now I asked two of Master's friends, their eyes were strange and their words were vague, as if there was always something they were hiding from me."
Tang Feng waved his hand and said: "They are here, we will talk about other things later."
After the words fell, three old men wearing Confucian robes filed in from the side door. Zhuge Wuming stepped forward first and introduced: "These three are the chief master and the second and third master of our academy."
"This is the legendary number one immortal seedling in Kyushu, Tang Feng!" Zhuge Wuming then introduced Tang Feng.
"I have long admired my name!" The chief master smiled slightly. These three masters are all at the peak of the ninth level of Taoist ancestors. Their status in the academy is probably second only to those ancestors of the great sage level.
"Nice to meet you!" Tang Feng nodded slightly.
The Chief Master said: "Just now, Dean Zhuge told me that we also know the origin of fellow Taoist Tang Feng, but..."
Tang Feng frowned, but did not interrupt, but waited for the other party to continue.
The Chief Master probably thought that Tang Feng would ask a question, so he deliberately pondered, but after waiting for a while, the other party didn't answer, so he had to continue: "Originally, both parties had an agreement, regarding that divine book, our Tianru Academy
After ten years of meditating, if you can understand the profound meaning, the academy will continue to keep this sacred book, and if you cannot understand it, then this sacred book will be given to fellow Taoist Tang Feng."
Kuanglong suddenly interjected: "Master, I think you said something wrong. You did not give the sacred book to my elder brother, but returned it!"
He returned this with a strong bite, and then said: "Back then, my eldest brother relied on his ability to let the divine book recognize its owner. It was just because Gai Jiuyou was a disciple of the academy, and Gai Jiuyou was my eldest brother's brother, so my eldest brother considered
With this relationship, I agreed to let the academy study it for ten years, so basically, the ownership of this book is actually in the hands of my eldest brother."
The second master suddenly said in a deep voice: "What this fellow Taoist said is wrong. As we all know, the sacred book is the inheritance of our Tianru Academy. It has always been placed at the gate of the academy. It cannot be activated by someone.
It belongs to him. In other words, if someone breaks into the academy's secret warehouse and practices a certain inheritance method of the academy, then does it count as him? Can't this kind of behavior be regarded as stealing?
?”
As soon as Tang Feng heard this, his face instantly darkened. Sure enough, his hunch just now was not wrong. The Confucian Academy was really planning to cause trouble this day.
Kuanglong chuckled and said: "Fellow Taoist, you are clearly changing your concept. If you remember correctly, your academy has had regulations since ancient times. Whoever can activate the divine book will own it. You should
You won’t deny it, right?”
The third master suddenly said: "Yes, our Tianru Academy has this rule, but that was 30,000 years ago. Since then, my heaven has no right to own the sacred book after it is activated.
Confucian Academy has made changes."
Kuanglong was angry and snorted coldly: "It's really a joke. Since the regulations have been changed, why didn't you say it clearly when my elder brother activated it more than 20 years ago? By saying this now, isn't it clear that you want to default on your debt?"